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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Age in place is hugely taxing on the adult children even when the patient has enough money to hire full time aides. The administration of that alone is a lot, plus filling in when caregivers are absent, etc. Some caregivers won’t do meal prep, some won’t do bathing, etc etc etc. Endless Dr appointments and errands and constantly adjusting to the latest decline. It’s brutal even when the finances are good. [/quote]

What do you think a nursing home is like?  They get bathed twice a week, barely looked after and the main activity is staring at the wall or tv.  Especially on medicaid.  I would much rather have kept my MIL at home.  We still have to visit a few times a week, bring in food, shop....doctors....dentists....[/quote]

If you can do it, without seriously impairing your own lives (and lives of any underage kids), that’s okay asa personal choice. The problems come in when it isn’t the caregiver’s choice but the elder and other relatives won’t agree to another solution. Or when the burden of at home care is causing extreme stress on the non-elders in the household. [/quote]

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